Amazing IPOs are not driven by numbers. They are driven by stories and Facebook has a compelling story.
People find themselves reunited with friends they thought they'd never hear from again. Revolutionaries organize revolts from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. News no longer needs a front page to change the world.
But, for me, the most remarkable thing about Facebook is how it raises the dead. My dead Facebook friends still get happy birthday wishes and cheerful photos posted on their walls. We all have to leave Earth. We do not have to leave Facebook. How many other companies offer life after death?
For more: Facebook, Dead or Alive - WSJ.com
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